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Oral HPV or genital hpv
Can HPV swab test detects both genital or oral HPV virus?
Is it sufficient to do HPV swab test to detect HPV virus and if HPV swab test comes negative it means no HPV virus in my body or blood found
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Swab test is specific to the area from where it is taken.
Any test is to be correlated with clinical findings.
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The English National Health Service now includes "HPV triage " in its screening programme. This means that if initial screening test shows borderline results or low-grade abnormal cells, a further test for HPV is made on the sample. If this shows HPV is present, the patient is called for a further examination, but if no HPV is present the patient resumes the usual screening schedule as if no abnormalities had been found.
Studies of the accuracy of HPV testing report:
sensitivity 88% to 91% (for detecting CIN 3 or higher) to 97% (for detecting CIN2+)
specificity 73% to 79% (for detecting CIN 3 or higher)to 93% (for detecting CIN2+)
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Dr. Soudip Saha
General Physician
5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
Do a screening test. Visit nearest laboratory
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Dr. (Maj.)Sharad Shrivastava
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29 yrs exp
Delhi
Go for the Blood test
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